BE READY TO HIT THE BRAKES. SEVERAL NEW ROAD PROJECTS KICK-OFF, AND ARE CAUSING CONFUSION FOR SOME DRIVERS ON THE RIDE HOME TONIGHT. WISN-12 NEWS KENT WAINSCOTT IS DOWNTOWN, WHERE DRIVERS ARE SEEING ORANGE BARRELS IN A NEW SPOT TODAY. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS - A REPAVING PROJECT IS TURNING WATER STREET INTO AN OBSTACLE COURSE RIGHT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. ALSO TODAY, WE FOUND A STREET SHUTDOWN CREATING A TRAFFIC MESS THAT DRIVERS DIDN'T SEE COMING - AND ANOTHER MAJOR ROAD GETTING SET TO CLOSE. ALL JUST WEEKS BEFORE THE BUSIEST TRAFFIC EVENT OF THE YEAR. 1:12 :29 :54 IT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE DETOUR NEEDS A DETOUR. WES NICHOLS - WHAT HAPPENED HERE? -- I HAD TO TURN AROUND. BRIDGE IS KIND OF SHUT DOWN. KIND OF INCONVENIENT. DRIVERS WHO USE KINNICKINNICK AVENUE TO AVOID CONSTRUCTION ARE BEING TURNED BACK. RAILROAD BRIDGE WORK CLOSED THE ROAD TODAY UNTIL NOVEMBER. AND SOME DRIVERS DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN. SHARON WISNIEWSKI - I WAS GOING TO GO DOWN THIS WAY, AND IT'S CLOSED - SO I HAVE NO IDEA. AND SHE'S NOT ALONE - THE CLOSURE CREATED A MID-DAY TRAFFIC MESS. KENT - ALRIGHT, I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE BECAUSE THIS ROAD IS CLOSED. THIS CAR IS MAKING A U-TURN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. THIS BUS IS TRYING TO TURN THE CORNER. AND IF YOU LOOK DOWN TO MY LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THAT TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP TO THE NEXT CORNER. OTHER LCOAL PROJECTS ARE DISRUPTING ROUTES NORMALLY USED TO AVOID CONSTRUCTION, IN PLACES LIKE LAKE DRIVE IN WHITEFISH BAY, BLUEMOUND AND WISCONSIN AVENUE IN TOSA, AND WATER STREET IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE. MICHAEL PYRITZ/DOT - WHEN POSSIBLE, WE CERTAINLY LOOK TO CHANGE SCHEDULES, COMPRESS SCHEDULES, START EARLY, FINISH LATER, TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL. NATS HARLEY SOUND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE MOST OF THE WORK DONE SO THAT THE THOUSANDS OF HARLEY RIDERS WHO ROLL INTO TOWN ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND, WON'T HIT A DETOUR. ANOTHER MAJOR PROJECT KICKED OFF TODAY IN OZAUKEE COUNTY WHERE FOUR BRIDGES WILL BE REPLACED ON I-43. AND A BIG SHUTDOWN COMING UP THIS WEEKEND NEAR THE ZOO WHERE BLUEMOUND ROAD WILL CLOSE FOR 11 DAYS. ABOUT THE SAME TIME GREENFIELD AVENUE IS SET RE-OPEN. YOU'RE RIGHT IF YOU THINK CONSTRUCTION IS EVERYWHERE. JUST CHECK OUT THE ROACSUCTION P AT WISN-TOM. YOU CAN ALSO FIND TERNATE ROUTES YOUR ALTERNATE UTES. RAIN SHOWERS E